Only 2 Motorcycle Crashes in Duke City Sunday

APD SAYS THERE WERE TWO, NOT THREE MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENTS ON SUNDAY … ONE TAKING THE LIFE OF A WOMAN PEDESTRIAN AT UNSER AND LADERA. THE OTHER WAS AT COORS AND LADERA, BUT THEY SAY THERE WERE NO SERIOUS INJURIES IN THE CRASH AT WASHINGTON AND CENTRAL THAT NIGHT.
APD SPOKESMAN TANNER TIXIER TELLS US MOST MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE CITY IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS WERE DUE TO SPEED. TIXIER SAYS MOTORCYCLE RIDERS USUALLY MISJUDGE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THEMSELVES AND A PEDESTRIAN … PRIMARILY BECAUSE THEY’RE MOVING AT SUCH A HIGH RATE OF SPEED.
MOTORCYCLE RIDERS ARE ADVISED TO OPERATE THEIR VEHICLE ONLY AS FAST AS THEY CAN SAFELY NAVIGATE AROUND OBSTACLES.
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